Sash-cord fastener.



PATENTBD AUG. 20, 1907.

P. R. GILBERT. SASH CORD FASTENER.

A'PPLIOATIO [A INVENTOFI I. 2?. Glert pim d/ f fi" I IILBD MAY 11, 1906.

FRANCIS RALPH GILBERT, OF TOMPKINSVILLE, NEW YORK.

SASI-I-CORD FASTENEB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, 1907.

Application filed May 11, 1906. Serial No. 316,405.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS RALPH GILBERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tompkinsville, in the county of Richmond and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Sash-Cord Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improved construction of sash cord fasteners, the object being to provide a cheap, simple and efficient means for securing the end of the sash cord to the window sash, and a still further object is to provide a sash cord fastener which can be attached or removed without removing the window sash from the frame.

With these objects in view, the invention consists of the novel features of construction hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the practical application of my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view showing the fastener removed from the side rail of the window sash. Fig. 3 is a detail horizontal sectional view taken through the side rail of the sash and plate or fastener, and Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken through the fastening device.

Referring to the drawings A indicates the usual construction of the side rail having the ordinary groove A produced in the side thereof and in which the sash cord 13 is located. This longitudinal groove A terminates in a recess 0 which recess is produced in the inner edge of the sash rail as shown, and the inner face of the side rail is cut away around the said recess as most clearly shown at C, the purpose of which will be made apparent hereinafter. This recess Ois essentially tri-angular in shape its broadest side being adjacent the inner face of the rail.

A plate D having a staple E rigidly connected thereto is fastened to the side rail of the sash as most clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and it will be noted that this plate fits snugly in the cut away portion C so that the face of the plate lies flush with the face of the side rail and it will also be noted that the staple E is arranged at an oblique angle to the plate D so that the bow portion IE will rest directly beneath the lower end of the groove A, and the cord B passes through this bow portion E and has its lower end B knotted thereby securely connecting the sash cord to the side rail of the sash. It is obvious that the plate D can be quickly and easily removed from the sash whenever it is desired and it will therefore not be necessary to remove the sash from the frame whenever it is desired to connect and disconnect the cord.

In practice I prefer to make the plate and staple separate, the ends of the staple being securely riveted to the plate, but if desired the staple and plate can be made integral.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A sash cord fastener comprising a plate adapted to be attached to the face of the window sash and a staple rigidly connected to said plate, saidstaple being arranged at an oblique angle to the plate whereby the bow portion of said staple will rest directly beneath the sash cord groove.

FRANCIS RALPH GILBERT. Witnesses:

HENRY Cnnnnns Gim'rnn'r, CHARLES Scinmrsnn. 

